Chapter 2

Elliot was my boyfriend during my college days and was from a wealthy family in Capinuss.

Nora was Elliot's childhood friend, and their family backgrounds were a good match.

Because I came from a poor mountainous area, after getting together with Elliot, I was constantly compared to Nora.

People couldn't understand why Elliot, instead of choosing Nora, was acting like a lovesick man to me.

During my college years, I was so poor that I wore the same piece of clothing for three years. I was either busy with classes or on my way to a part-time job every day.

When we were in a relationship, I could only choose free places like parks or libraries for our weekend dates.

But Elliot was dead set on me.

He started chasing after me during my freshman year, showing his concern for me.

In my junior year, after saving enough money from several years of part-time jobs and having no more financial pressure, I finally agreed to his pursuit.

After we got together, our relationship was great, and we never once quarreled.

Before our college graduation, Nora lost 20 thousand dollars in the dormitory. Coincidentally, I was going to deposit 20 thousand dollars in the bank that day.

So, some people said that I had stolen Nora's 20 thousand dollars.

The 20 thousand dollars was the money I had saved up by setting up a street stall in the evenings when I didn't have classes. I saved it bit by bit, tens and hundreds of dollars at a time, over half a year.

There was no way it could be the 20 thousand dollars that Nora had lost.

I didn't admit it and called the police myself.

When we confronted each other at the police station, Nora said, "I just withdrew that 20 thousand dollars from the bank, and all the banknotes are in consecutive serial numbers. There's a surveillance video at the bank counter.

"If Samantha didn't steal my money, we could check whether the 20 thousand dollars in her hand has consecutive serial numbers, and the truth will be revealed."

Then, the police checked and found that the 20 thousand dollars in my hand not only had consecutive serial numbers but also had the same serial numbers as the 20 thousand dollars that Nora had lost.

It meant that the 20 thousand dollars in my hand was indeed the 20 thousand dollars that Nora had lost.

With such irrefutable evidence, I couldn't defend myself even if I tried.

Because the incident caused a big commotion, the school finally expelled me, and my classmates all criticized me and distanced themselves from me.

Even Elliot looked at me with disappointment and accused me, saying, "Samantha, if you needed money, you could have just told me. Twenty thousand dollars is just the cost of one of my clothes. Was it worth getting a criminal record and sending yourself to prison for such a small amount of money?"

In the end, he forced me to apologize to Nora, saying that only if Nora forgave me would she not send me to prison.